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The Country House 



loop is interesting enough in character to be worth perfecting, and is a pleasing 



way of solving the problem of the drive. 



As the stables should, of course, be handy to the drive, it has been indicated 



to the eastward of 

 the loop and near 

 the service entrance 

 and the extension of 

 the old road. If it 

 is deemed too con- 

 spicuous in its pres- 

 ent position, it can 

 be put behind the 

 trees farther to the 

 south. In fact this 



Old birch growth on the Maine coast An excellent chin 



house 



seems a 



good one, inasmuch 

 as it will solve one 

 problem very nicely. 

 The manure pit can 

 be hollowed out of 

 the face of the nat- 

 ura l terrace, and be 

 made with an arched 



stone or brick roof, with the chutes leading to it from above. As the wall faces 

 the south a projecting outside pen can be added, and thus the pigs will be 

 comfortably housed and one more bothersome question disposed of. 



Naturally the first consideration would be the location of the house. In 

 this instance, however, the disposal of the road, which we have already con- 

 sidered, was the important question. Then, too, one could see at a glance 

 where the location of the house should be; and even if there were any hesitancy, 

 the sunset across the river, the view through the trees and a glance at the wind- 

 sheltering hill would instantly dispel it. 



The ordinary thing to do would be to put the house on the upper side of the 

 drive and let it go at that. Fortunately this is not an ordinary problem. The 

 sunset and the river at once suggest a long frontage in that direction. Although 

 we have decided on the upper side of the road, we still go back to the spring. 

 Here is an idea why not carry a wing of the house across the road, arching 

 over it ? In this case the billiard room and den can be placed on the spring side, 

 where they become semi-detached from the main house by means of the arch, 

 which is an advantage. Of course there will have to be a corridor from the main 

 part of the house to the den, but this can, if necessary in rising to clear the 

 arch, remain at that level, allowing the like raising of the billiard room and 

 den floors, which will give a room below each of them. Thus there can be a 

 storeroom under the billiard room, and the room under the den can be used for 

 the pump, as the water supply naturally comes in at this point. The den should 

 be carried up into a tower. 



